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Short Courses

Dickens Assessment and Training Services (DATS) offers accredited and non-accredited short courses at our Brisbane office in Pinkenba, training centre in Coffs Harbour and we also offer courses onsite, with appropriate student numbers. In many circumstances short courses can be tailored to meet the specific needs of attendees, with course duration and availability being dependent on the course chosen.

 

Courses have two distinct phases, a training phase and an assessment phase. DATS has an extensive range of training programs accredited by ASQA.​

 

Delivery Locations

QUEENSLAND - Great Brisbane Area, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Central, Darling Downs-Toowoomba, Mackay-Whitsundays, Wide Bay and South West.

 

NEW SOUTH WALES - Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Ballina, Lismore, Byron Bay, Tweed Heads, Bellingen, Nambucca Heads, Kempsey, Port Macquarie, Dubbo and Bourke as well as Sydney and surrounds. 

Upcoming course dates are available via our Course Dates page.

C6 Crane

TLILIC0023

Licence to operate a slewing mobile crane (up to 60 tonnes)

Based on the National Standard for Licensing Persons Performing High Risk Work this course is a legal requirement for any person who operates a slewing mobile crane (up to 60 tonnes). This licence entitles the holder to also operate non-slewing and vehicle loading cranes.

C6 Crane

Concrete Placing Boom

CPCCLBM3001

Licence to operate a concrete placing boom

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to operate concrete placing booms safely. It supports the work of concrete placement workers who are responsible for locating concrete placing booms at the workplace and for setting up and operating the boom to deliver concrete safely and accurately as required. The concrete placing boom includes a knuckle boom capable of poweroperated slewing and luffing to place concrete by way of pumping through a pipeline attached to, or forming part of, the boom of the plant.

Concrete Placing Boom

Dogging

CPCCLDG3001

Licence to perform dogging

This unit is based on the National Standard for Licensing Persons Performing High Risk Work (HRW) and is a legal requirement for any person who directs the operators of mobile and tower cranes.

Dogging

EWP over 11m

TLILIC0005

Licence to operate a boom-type elevating work platform (boom length 11 metres or more)

Provides participants with the knowledge and skills to operate an elevating work platform (EWP) with a boom length over 11m.

EWP over 11m

EWP under 11m

RIIHAN301E

Operate elevating work platform

This course is designed to give participants the knowledge and skills to operate elevating work platforms which are not classified as requiring a high-risk work (HRW) licence.

EWP under 11m

Enter and Work in Confined Spaces

RIIWHS202E

Enter and work in confined spaces

This course aims to meet the training requirements of the WHS Regulation with regards to “Working in a Confined Space” and Australian Standards 2865-2009 Confined Spaces.

Enter and Work in Confined Spaces

Excavator

RIIMPO320F

Conduct civil construction excavator operations

An accredited course, designed for anyone wanting to gain work as an excavator operator in the earthmoving and civil construction industry.

Excavator

Forklift

TLILIC0003

Licence to operate a forklift truck

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to operate and maintain a forklift including checking forklift condition, driving the forklift to fulfil operational requirements and monitoring site conditions.

Forklift

Gantry or Overhead Crane

RIIHAN305D

Operate a gantry or overhead crane

This unit covers the operation of a gantry or overhead cranes in the resources and infrastructure industries. It includes planning and preparing, operating the crane and carrying out operator maintenance.

Gantry or Overhead Crane

Load and Unload Goods/Cargo

TLID0015

Load and unload goods/cargo

This Unit includes loading and unloading goods and cargo, securing and protecting a load and completing all required documentation in accordance with relevant State or Territory roads and traffic authority regulations / permit requirements.

Load and Unload Goods/Cargo

Load and Unload Plant

RIIHAN308F

Load and unload plant

This unit describes a participant’s skills and knowledge required to load and unload plant in the Resources and Infrastructure Industries. This unit is proper for those working in operational roles.

Load and Unload Plant

Materials Hoist

CPCCLHS3002

Licence to operate a
materials hoist

This unit specifies the outcomes required to operate a materials hoist being a builder's hoist by which only goods or materials and not personnel may be hoisted and where the car, bucket or platform is cantilevered from, and travels up and down externally to, a face of the support structure for licensing purposes.

Materials Hoist

Non-Slewing Crane

TLILIC0040

Licence to operate a non-slewing mobile crane (greater than 3 tonnes capacity)

Based on the National Standard for Licensing Persons Performing High Risk Work this course is a legal requirement for any person who operates a non-slewing mobile crane (greater than 3 tonnes capacity).

Non-Slewing Crane

Other Courses

Other Courses

On-site training available for groups.

Other Courses

Personnel & Materials Hoist

CPCCLHS3001

Licence to operate a personnel and materials hoist

This unit specifies the outcomes required to operate a builder's hoist in which personnel, goods and/or materials may be hoisted, and which comprises a car, structure, machinery or other equipment associated with the hoist, and which may be a cantilever hoist, a tower hoist or a multiple winch operation. Included in this definition are situations where winches may be configured to operate as hoists for the transportation of personnel for licensing purposes.

Personnel & Materials Hoist

Roller

RIIMPO317F

Conduct roller operations

An accredited course, designed for anyone wanting to gain work as a roller operator in the earthmoving and civil construction industry.

Roller

Secure Cargo

TLIA1001

Secure Cargo

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to secure cargo including preparing to secure cargo/containers, lashing and unlashing cargo, protecting cargo from weather, and packing and unpacking cargo.

Secure Cargo

Skid Steer

RIIMPO318F

Conduct civil construction skid steer loader operations

An accredited course, designed for anyone wanting to gain work as a skid steer loader operator in the earthmoving and civil construction industry.

Skid Steer

Telehandler

RIIHAN309F

Conduct telescopic materials handler operations

This unit covers conducting telescopic materials handler operations in the resources and infrastructure industries. This course provides participants with the necessary knowledge and skills required to safely attend to lifting operations.

Telehandler

Vehicle Loading Crane

RIIHAN307E

Operate a vehicle loading crane.

This unit covers the operation of a vehicle loading crane under 10m tonnes in the resources and infrastructure industries. It includes planning and preparing for crane operations, operating and maintaining the crane, carrying out operator maintenance and cleaning up.

Vehicle Loading Crane

Wheeled Front End Loader

RIIMPO321F

Conduct civil construction wheeled front end loader operations

An accredited course, designed for anyone wanting to gain work as a wheeled front end loader operator in the earthmoving and civil construction industry.

Wheeled Front End Loader

White Card

CPCCWHS1001

Prepare to work safely in the construction industry

This general induction for construction training covers the mandatory work health and safety training required prior to undertaking construction work, or conduct work on a construction site.

White Card

Work Safely at Heights

RIIWHS204E

Work safely at heights

Many work operations are conducted above ground level or the workplace floor. Falling from such heights is a serious hazard and a major cause of workplace injury.

Work Safely at Heights
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